Daily Republican., 1887-05-13
SLEIGH RIDE.
BY LEONA IDA MONTE.

W nut u spleHuiu piCluTel | py
Claimed. as l venturcd GU, into tn
icy glory of this January morning
a, Just what | have been looking i@
/. all along-this storm of freezing mi
{: that crystalizes everything it touche.
Who would not give oil the kingdom
8 OF the world, and the glory CT them
to perpetuate scene like this?"
"Plenty Of people wouldnt-for IL,
very good reason that they don't owl
loot OF land in the world. Nav
ask If that old swindler you are quot
ing, from is one OF you tavorit
authorsp"
1 Certainly! ask anything you lke!'
replied. humoring my horscmen',
Characteristic dry humor. "Now. /
the sun would only come out, wouldn'
it be gorgeous?" I continued
"And if the daughter would happen
to tip out, wouldn't it be most gush
ingly splendiierous?" responds the
hooking voice, as, with a tcll-tale
glance of admiration toward the gilt.
tering hillside, he hands me into the
cutter.
What nonsense, Arthur Now
you know very well that
which way ore you going, nv
sister," sings my incorrlgible com
panion.
"Oh, the bride path, of course,
We haven't time to go four or five
| milcs-way round by either of Robin
HOODS barns; and, besides, it wouldn't
be half go nice.
Better take an AK along with your
cautions my father.
IAN ak, sir. what in the name of
Westinghouse birthday would we do
| with an AK"
II shouldn't be surprised if some of
those birches up on the hill are lodged"
'Birches, is il! It's n wonder ii the
old mountain has white birch left to
bless itself With They say there's
been pedagogue roaming round up
there. 1t that's so, I'll risk all the
birches there arc LETT. Say! we're
readyi'
"Good-by mo,herl' l call back.
Invited out to spend the night, you
know"
And we are fairly started, with the
prospect OF merry sleigh ride before
us. Old Frisk jugles the bells us;
gaily as though 10 had not left !.isl
youth a score OF years behind him. The
wolf robe is snugly tucked IN, and
all the etceteras necessary to comfort
are attended to as nicely as you please.
What delight to drink Ia this pure,
invigorating air, mist-laden though it !
lit
"Dame Nature is painting the land
scape in water colors this morning,
and I'm afraid she'll rnb il all out be- !
tore Pm Mt liberty to night. Then all !
this loneliness will be but q thing Of,
the past"
"Just so! | heartily condole with
you, sissyl Now you see just how we !
fellows are served by the girls. We
l1st get on our knees to worship at
the shrine of beauty; we open our
eyes, and 10! the beauty's flown, and !
nothing but a poor, washed out piece !
Of calico in sight. Now, when | eat /
ronize the dry goods market, | mean |
10 look out for piece that will wash 4"
"Oh, you do! And iron, too, no !
doubt; and bake, and pump the water, !
and bring in the wood: in short, to |
breathe tor you. when you find it too
much trouble, and"
"Yes, ma'am! l mean to hunt all
over the counter till | find piece so |
that il couldn't be wrinkled or |
laded to make it look any worse-bc |
IN Improvement, | shouldn't wonder
by few wrinkles! N,w there's
Nancy Brown. A little bleaching
wouldn't hurt her complexion q bit: !
'ul she's worth her weight in gold, /
my day"
Ono! that's the way the breezes
'low? Well, sir, when you get your !.
'argain made, | advise you two to
tart straight for G o.u-g-h "a wants,
I you know what that spells-I don't
and get your pictures taken, and [
our fortunes made, and his He'll
ave your photos stuck up in the win.
ow under a conspicuous placard:
For Sale! A Pair of Faces that will
ear washing!' and people will laugh,
nd purchase, and wonder if the ca
eriment was ever tried"
"Sissy"
''Stop calling me aissyp'
"All badinage-bad in-agel But for
oodness' sake, sis, just look at thatw
c CALCULATES. as we reach a turn in :
ne road. Now what are you going ,
do? The road is full"
"Do? Go on, of counsel We
Teren't brought up in the woods to be {
jared at white birch, l hopel" +
But 1t is a strangely beautiful and per- n
leXing sight something new in de-
rec of loneliness. The trees on either !,
dc the road are Frustrated beneath ;,
leir heavy burden overlapping each +
her directly across our path. 1t does n
OK little dubious, that's fact T..
go on, Friskr' :,
We weave our way along-a little +
lNiously, it must be confessed; under u
rs tree-top and over that, and around ~
lother, till the sleigh is filled with a :,
illiant harvest of ice, which pcne- "
ates to the cosiest corners; but we 7
merge safe and sound, with little .,
reich of treeless plain ahead. ~
Beauty bending low before beauty.
ID forgetting TO get up!" gasps ri
rthur. Nov see here, sis! These O.
pings are so weighted down with n
arms that their superb heads get n
IMPLIED upon. Splendid warning iorj
g pretty girls and comfort for the d
ain ones-see?" III
should think you was all m
U Arthur! We shall go over just as CT
re as the worldv' Ia
The sleigh glides along for a few |
ort moments on one runner, and ty
transfer my weight to the
treme opposite side. No matter if h,
10 embarrass the reins, and if we W
g again entering the region of ice. Ii,